Ezekiel 38:1-12

English Standard Version

Prophecy Against Gog

38 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)set your face toward ^(C)Gog, of the land of ^(D)Magog, the ^(E)chief prince of ^(F)Meshech^[a] and ^(G)Tubal, and ^(H)prophesy against him ³ and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(I)I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech^[b] and Tubal. ^4 (J)And I will turn you about and ^(K)put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and ^(L)all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. ^5 (M)Persia, ^(N)Cush, and ^(O)Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ^6 (P)Gomer and all his ^(Q)hordes; ^(R)Beth-togarmah from ^(S)the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—^(T)many peoples are with you.

^7 (U)“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. ^8 (V)After many days you will be mustered. ^(W)In the latter years you will go against ^(X)the land that is restored from war, the land whose people ^(Y)were gathered from many peoples upon ^(Z)the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and ^(AA)now dwell securely, all of them. ⁹ You will advance, coming on ^(AB)like a storm. You will be ^(AC)like a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^(AD)hordes, and many peoples with you.

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^(AE)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme ¹¹ and say, ‘I will go up against ^(AF)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^(AG)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ ¹² to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^(AH)the waste places that are now inhabited, and ^(AI)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ^(AJ)who dwell at the center of the earth.